Promptitude and Fidelity: Professional Seamstresses in Early 19th-Century New England

An exploration of women in the needle trades in New England from 1790-1850.

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seamstresses

14 columns, 100 rows

• name: the name(s) of the individual(s) who placed the advertisement.
• job_title: any job titles claimed by the person who placed the ad (example: "milliner")
• address: street address or other description of location.
• city: name of the city the ad was posted in (or the location of the seamstress herself if posted in a different city's newspaper)
• state: state where the ad was posted
• location_type: type of location (store, home, etc.) that the seamstress was working in, if that information was given
• additional_details: quotes from ads, or other interesting information
• source_type: Newspaper advertisement, directory listing, or Jean's list. "Jean's list" indicates that the names were supplied by Jean Contino of Old Sturbridge Village, and may or may not have corresponding ads.
• ad_type: the category the ad fits into;
• source_name: name of the newspaper or directory containing the ad;
• year: year that the ad was published;
• source_location: location, either physical or digital, where the source was found: mostly Old Sturbridge Village (OSV) Library, Ancestry.com, or Genealogy Bank.
• ad_id: a unique ID assigned to each individual ad; typically the advertiser's last name, except for the Worcester City Directory listings, which are all "Worcester1844"
• name_id: an ID assigned to each individual; typically the advertiser's last name, and first initial if needed.

genealogy

20 columns, 31 rows

• name: Full name of the individual
• birth_date: Birth date
• birth_city: City in which the individual's birth was recorded
• birth_state: State in which the individual's birth was recorded
• father: Full name of the individual's father
• mother: Full name of the individual's mother
• address: Any street address the individual has been identified as living at
• city: City corresponding to the street address
• state: State corresponding to the street address
• spouse: Full name of the individual's spouse(s)
• marriage_date: Date of marriage(s)
• ad_date: Date of the individual's first recorded advertisement
• death_date: Date of individual's death
• death_place: Town and state in which the individual's death was recorded
• relatives: Any people of note that the individual was related to
• Notes: Additional notes
• confidence: Low, medium, or high; a measure of how sure I am that this is in fact the person advertising with that name
• ad_link: URL of the transcribed ad
• ad_id: a unique ID assigned to each individual ad; typically the advertiser's last name, except for the Worcester City Directory listings, which are all "Worcester1844"
• name_id: an ID assigned to each individual; typically the advertiser's last name, and first initial if needed.